A simpler solution would be to check if any of the values are null before doing the calculation, and if null values are present, handle it in some way.
Example:
# Check if null values are present.
if startVol is not None and endVol is not None and adjVol is not None:
#If all values are good, perform the calculation
diffVol = startVol - endVol - adjVol
else:
#If there are null values, handle it by zeroing the diffVol variable.
diffVol = 0